28 Nov
2025
28 Nov
'25
3:26 p.m.
On 28/11/2025 20:49, Doug McIntyre via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 07:26:38AM +1100, Doug Jackson
via cctalk wrote:
I don't believe their agreement with HP allows them to do that. They
have to produce their own releases, but how many changes they would need
for it to be called a release I know not.
And even HP is a farce of a company now - a sad
sad shell compared to what
they were.
Who actually owns the software? Have we considered going to them and
asking? It worked for CP/M - which is now unencumbered.
It is owned by VMS
Software Inc (VSI). (https://vmssoftware.com/)
It is highly unlikely that they will be willing to free old VAX versions of the VMS
software.
They apparently are doing well enough to be a viable company supporting existing VMS
installations. They still even have Itanic & Alpha licenses
available.
but only to their updated versions...
As well as Community Edition licenses, although those
are only available on x86 now.
and really limited
Dave